Bluffs May Get Shopping Center
Jack and Mamie Webber told Scottsbluff City Council on Friday night they plan to lease 23 acres to a Denver company for a large shopping center. A rezone of about 40 acres was requested to allow construction and Melvin Simon and Associates reportedly will spend about 1.5 million dollars, with a projected opening within about a year if the lease is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Mamie Webber
Scottsbluff
Denver
Webber
Melvin Simon
Simon
Spotlight on tax base urged by WMCC in Nebraska
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce urged a broadened tax base at its meeting in Sidney last Thursday. The move aims to reduce reliance on property taxes, with lawmakers already weighing income and sales tax proposals. The gathering drew 180 attendees, with West region officials praising new members Kimball and Gering and a keynote by Congressman Dave Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
WNUCC
North Platte West
Gene Kemper
Alliance
Sidney
Kemper
Kansas
Alliance Times Herald
West
Kimball
Gering
WNCC
Dave Martin
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
March of Dimes King and Queen Dance Set in Cheyenne
Jerry Dykman announced Cheyenne county will host the March of Dimes King and Queen Dance this Saturday March 20 at the Elks Auditorium. Dancing starts at 9 pm with The Penetrations band. admission 50 cents for students and 1 dollar for adults. judges from each county school will announce a King and Queen at about 11 pm. The event funds the current campaign. total reported so far is 2400 dollars including the Sidney Mother's March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Dykman
Cheyenne County
Elks
Patrick J. Heaton
NFIP
Fifty Million Dollars Go To Nebraska Vets
Nebraska veterans and families received 51.9 million dollars in cash benefits and services in fiscal year 1964, per VA official Edward P. Onstor. The report shows 22,707 living veterans received 20.8 million in disability compensation and pensions, 7,955 dependents got 6.67 million in death benefits, and 6.44 million went to insurance and indemnity payments. Vocational rehabilitation aided 33 disabled World War II and Korea veterans with 466,935 for subsistence and equipment, while 179 veterans in World War I and Korea GI Bills received 241,266. Sixty children of deceased veterans trained, receiving 225,669. The remaining benefits totaled 16,943,148.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Edward P. Onstor
Lincoln
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Onstor
Oil wells loom again near Sidney and Banner County
Midwest Petroleum Corp reports casing at No 1 McMillan GE NW Sec 34 14-51 near Sidney nine miles west as it seeks completion in a former Cheyenne County oil area. Reports also cite a No 2 Warner GW discovery in western Banner County by Stuarco Oil Co et al, with Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission aware of the development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
McMillan Farm
Sidney
Midwest Petroleum Corp
McMillan GE NW
Midwest
McMillan
Banner County
Stuarco Oil Co. Et Als
Warner GW
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Frontier Adds Jet-Prop Service From Lincoln and More
Frontier Air lines starts jet-prop Convair 580 service from Lincoln west to Denver east to Omaha and south to Kansas City. Westbound flights to Denver depart Lincoln at 3 30 p m and 7 46 p m with stops at Grand Island North Platte and Scottsbluff. Eastbound to Omaha departs Lincoln at 12 06 p m, southbound to Kansas City at 12 06 p m and 3 07 p m with a stop at St Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Airlines
Lincoln
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Grand Island
North Platte
Scottsbluff
St. Joseph
Lincoln County Wildcat Drilling Among 12 New Permits
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved twelve new wildcat drilling locations across Johnson, Keya Paha, Lincoln, Morrill, Kimball, Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff, Red Willow and other counties. Notable operators include John O. Farmer Inc, Regal Drilling Company, Ring-West Petroleum, Baker Drilling, Kimbark Exploration, Murphy Drilling, and Tol Tek Drilling. Details list operator, well name, legal description, and contracting firms for each site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Keya Paha
Lincoln
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
John O
Farmer, Inc
Osborn
Red Willow County
Wildcate
Platte Valley Oil Co
Burch Exploration, Ltd
Silver Creek
Hurch Exploration, Ltd
Patrick A. Doheny
Lankas
Cheyenne County - Wildcat
Chandler & Associates, Inc
Walter E. Lisk
Rosina J. Paben
Emil Reumlin
Johnson County
Wildcat
Samuel Gary
Lyman
CSE
Scotts Bluff
Regal Drilling Company
Acker
Morrill County
Ring-West Petroleum Corp
Jack G. Ladmer
Krimeminger
Kimball County
Ring-West Petroleum
Lincoln County
Wildcate/Murfin Drilling Company
Four More Leaving At Sioux Depot
Transfer of personnel from Sioux Army Depot continues with several more announcements this week. Joe Moreno from the Ammunition Storage Division leaves March 9 for Sacramento Army Depot, with his family nearby, after a federal service including a 1944 46 Army tour and continuous Sioux service since 1950, planning a move to Ft. Irwin, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Army Depot
Joe Moreno
Sacramento Army Depot
Sacramento
Calif
U. S. Army
Sioux
Andrea
Irene
Harvard
Neb
Naval Ammunition Depot
Hastings
Alberding
Sidney
Alberdings
First Methodist Church
V.F.W
Stuarts
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Potter
Margjorie
Andrew
Andria
William
Sammie, Jr
Karen
Steven
Debra
South Fox
Denver
Harry Hofer
Savanna Army Depot
Savanna
Hofer
Hofers
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hazel
Rickie
Ilinois
Cross and Right Cross On TV In New York Night
The AP reports three films aired on New York television the same night. Cross Fire Right Cross and Criss Cross are listed among the titles showing that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Business School Hires Admissions Officer from Princeton
William Gary Jones formerly of Princeton Missouri has joined the Business Institute of Sidney as admissions officer. Howard Lile, the managing director, said Jones will focus on tests and lectures for high school seniors from Sidney to Chadron, Scottsbluff to Valentine. The Sidney school opens its first classes in June with about 20 local high school seniors and ten adults enrolled for night classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gary Jones
Princeton
Business Institute of Sidney
Howard Lile
Jones
Sidney
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Sandhills
Valentine
Sidney Business School
Sidney Business Institute to Expand and Start Classes This Summer
The Sidney Business Institute, led by Mr Lile, will expand from Sidney into a larger area. Mr Jones, formerly with Draughtons School of Commerce in Kansas City, Mo, heads the project as the parent firm. Classes begin June or September this year with five faculty. Enrollments encouraged in March and April. High school seniors can take special aptitude tests for business training. The school will offer a general business course and will not include computers at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Lile
Jones
Draughtons School of Commerce
Kansas City
Business Institute of Sidney
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WMCC
Craig Nieminski
Rich Henkel
Nancy von Forell
Susan Lenzen
Stars of Tomorrow Show
Carol Hahler
Eft
Ruth Spencer
Keith Williams
Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Telegraph
Farmers Produce CO
Sidney, Nebraska
Frontier
Sioux Depot
Goodyear Safety Center
U.S
Goodyear
Business School
Samble,s
Hay Stack Ranch
X Caliber & His
Hay Stack
Bob Aue
C. Bruns
Angus Cross Stars
HFRS
Snow & Jones
Inouye Bros
Angus Cross
J. Pittman
Angus& Cross
Allen Peterson
R. Gordon
J. Schinzel
N. Burr Herefords
Hagemeister & Steele
Hereford
Crook, Cole
Dale Johnson
H. L. Schnell & Sons
Don Johnson
Hereford Stars & Hfrs
F. & D. Stockham
E. Namath
Chris Stahl
E. Gell
Welser & Olson
Soo—E. Krueger & Son
Phil Quinn
Hereford Heifers
Cert
Glen Bruns
Brownell
Abts Bros
A. Peterson
Tom O'’Connell
Wes Gadway
J. L. Stankard
C. Carlson
Chappell Livestock Auctioning
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